Digging for Britain
Digging for Britain

Digging for Britain

2010 13 Seasons 59 Episodes ⭐ 5.0 Documentary

Dr Alice Roberts follows a year of British archaeology, joining up the results of digs and investigations the length of the country.

Dr Alice Roberts follows a year of British archaeology, joining up the results of digs and investigations the length of the country.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

The Romans

Roman finds include the mystery of 97 babies murdered by the Thames, a fabulous Roman coin hoard found in Somerset and a

EP 2

Prehistory

Her journey takes her from Orkney to Devon by land, sea and air. In Norfolk, flint tools unearthed this year push the e

EP 3

Anglo-Saxons

The Anglo-Saxons - they divided our land and heralded the arrival of the Dark Ages. But were they really just barbarians

EP 4

The Tudors

Alice Roberts finds out about discoveries that shed new light on the Tudor Age, visiting excavations at Shakespeare's fi

EP 1

Britannia

Looks at Roman Britannia, where finds include the thickening mystery of 97 baby skeletons.

EP 2

Invaders

Includes a visit to Orkney where Viking dominance outlasted anywhere else in Britain.

EP 3

Age of Bronze and Iron

Dr Alice Roberts discovers what kind of a place Britain was before the Romans invaded.

EP 4

Ice and Stone

Dr Alice Roberts goes in search of our elusive Stone Age ancestors.

EP 1

East

Professor Alice Roberts and archaeologist Matt Williams present 2014's most outstanding archaeology. In the summer, arc

EP 2

West

Professor Alice Roberts and archaeologist Matt Williams present 2014's most outstanding archaeology. In the summer, arc

EP 3

North

Professor Alice Roberts and archaeologist Matt Williams present 2014's most outstanding archaeology from the north of Br

EP 1

West

This episode heads to the west of Britain, while archaeologists join us back in the Salisbury Museum to look at the new

EP 2

East

Professor Alice Roberts explores the year's most exciting archaeological finds in the east of Britain. A team unearths a

EP 3

North

Professor Alice Roberts explores the year's most exciting archaeological finds in the north of Britain. A team discovers

EP 1

West

Finds include training trenches on Salisbury Plain and luxury foreign goods at Tintagel.

EP 2

North

Finds include evidence of the first Roman siege in Britain and Scottish man-made islands.

EP 3

East

Finds include the theatre where Shakespeare premiered Romeo and Juliet and Henry V.

EP 1

West

We discover the camp from which Vikings invaded Britain, and find groundbreaking new evidence that the world-famous Aveb

EP 2

East

We unearth the biggest collection of Roman writing tablets in Britain, giving insight into what Roman London was really

EP 3

North

Alice discovers the well-preserved writing tablets, swords and domestic items left by Romans at Vindolanda during a time

EP 4

The Horsemen of Hadrian's Wall

In this special, Professor Alice Roberts reveals the forgotten story of the Roman Army's secret weapon in Britain - thei

EP 1

North

Professor Alice Roberts celebrates the biggest and best archaeological discoveries of 2018 from the north of the UK. Eac

EP 2

West

Professor Alice Robert explores this year’s most exciting archaeological finds from the west of Britain. Every new dis

EP 3

East

Professor Alice Roberts explores this year’s most exciting archaeological finds from the East of Britain. Every new di

EP 4

Iron Age Revealed

Alice Roberts follows the excavation of Iron Age Britain’s most spectacular grave. A team of archaeologists in East Yo

EP 1

West

Archaeological discoveries with Professor Alice Roberts. In the Cotswolds, a secret location, which appears to be a high

EP 2

North

More than is expected is found in the remains of a house thought to be the childhood home of Lady Jane Grey. Plus the gr

EP 3

South

How a lobster led archaeologists to the discovery of an 8000-year-old neolithic settlement. And Naoise Mac Sweeney visit

EP 4

WWII Special

The team are on an archaeological hunt of our more recent past as they follow the search for artefacts from World War II

EP 1

East

The astonishing discovery of a mosaic has art historians, archaeologists and Alice very excited as they slowly reveal it

EP 2

South

The south of England offers rich pickings, including the earliest money made in Britain and a massive haul of Roman trea

EP 3

North

The best archaeology from the north of Britain, including Scotland’s oldest railway, one of the best-preserved Norman

EP 4

Midlands

Unearthing a Jurassic giant, investigating finds from an Anglo-Saxon cemetery and uncovering the hidden heart of Roman L

EP 5

West

A new Roman town and hundreds of finds are discovered. The Cerne Giant finally gets a date, and a World War II air crash

EP 6

North

Featuring a Roman fort on Hadrian’s Wall, evidence of early writing by the Picts in Scotland and a 3000-year-old Bronz

EP 1

Roman Towns and Tudor Shipwrecks

Digs in southern England reveal a previously unknown Roman town, a Tudor ship buried beneath a quarry and evidence of He

EP 2

Arthur's Stone and a Georgian Mine

In the west of the UK, a spectacular monument older than Stonehenge, a 200-year-old mine trapped in time and a lost medi

EP 3

Headless Romans and Anglo Saxon Gold

A gatehouse riddled with Civil War bullets, a unique Iron Age shield made from bark and Roman burials with pots where th

EP 4

Mystery Shipwreck and a Roman Army Camp

Alice Roberts reveals a Dutch ship sunk by the English, a Cornish Roman fort and a 5000-year-old Neolithic monument.

EP 5

Roman Mosaics and Ancient Weapons

Travelling east, Alice discovers a Roman barn conversion, unearths a Tudor fort and finds intricately carved 10,000-year

EP 6

Ice Age Camp and a Saint with Syphilis

In Scotland and the north of England, Alice investigates an Ice Age camp, the mystery of a medieval skeleton and the ear

EP 1

The Roman Emperor’s Bathhouse

Digs in northern Britain reveal a Roman emperor’s lost bathhouse, the sunken treasures of medieval pilgrims and a form

EP 2

Anglo-Saxon Gold and Rebellious Nuns

In central England, an RAF airbase with a Roman past, a forgotten medieval nunnery, a gold pendant from a 7th-century gr

EP 3

A Norman Panic Room and a Mesolithic Fish Trap

In the west of Britain, there's a rare medieval cemetery, a disappearing Mesolithic landscape, a mysterious Iron Age bur

EP 4

A Roman Mystery and Waterloo’s Disappearing Dead

Roberts reveals the most fascinating archaeological finds this year in the East of England: a Roman dodecahedron, the se

EP 5

3000-Year-Old Shoes and Giant Axeheads

Archaeology in the south of England unearths Britain’s oldest shoe, the lost shipyard of one of England’s greatest w

EP 6

Forgotten Fortresses and Lost Villages

Digs in the West of Britain reveal a forgotten fortress teetering on the edge of a cliff, evidence of the oldest house i

EP 1

Saxon Gold and Buried Coins

The most incredible grave goods ever found on Digging for Britain, a strange Roman sarcophagus filled with plaster and a

EP 2

Dinosaur Highway and Roman Sauna

A quarryman makes the discovery of a set of very large footprints, and a chance find reveals a spectacular Roman villa w

EP 3

Island Treasures

Exploring Britain’s islands: a 5,000-year-old Neolithic tomb, an international effort to save a WWI warship, and a Nea

EP 4

Roman Crime and Ancient DNA

Gold is found at a bishop’s palace, a Roman crime is uncovered, detectorists unearth a staggering bronze age haul, and

EP 5

Chariots and Slaves

In the west of Britain, there's one of the largest Roman buildings ever discovered in Britain, an Iron Age chariot is sa

EP 6

Lost Mansions and Impaled Prisoners

Extraordinary digs from the south - a Romani encampment in the New Forest, a convict’s burial ground, discovery of a c

EP 1

Scottish Massacre and 70s Skate Park

Featuring visceral evidence of a bloody massacre in the Scottish Highlands, one of the largest Roman cemeteries ever fou

EP 2

Our Rarest Find and Biggest Dig

Featuring two incredibly rare finds from an Iron Age hoard, a look inside the UK’s largest and most complex dig in a g

EP 3

A Mysterious Bone Box and Admiral Nelson’s Favourite Ship

Rare Anglo-Saxon swords, a mysterious and macabre Roman bone box and a cross-continental investigation into Admiral Nels

EP 4

England’s Last Anglo-Saxon King and Scotland's First Whisky

The lost estate of Harold Godwinson, last Anglo-Saxon king of England, a completely intact 4,000-year-old cremation vess

EP 5

Medieval Murder and Roman Pets

Featuring a vast first-century Roman compound, the warhorses that changed the course of history, a medieval murder myste

EP 6

A Cornish Legend and an Ancient Wishing Well

Tantalising clues to the ancient origin story of St Michael’s Mount, rare Roman cavalry swords with hidden secrets and

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Alice Roberts
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